dual 1ghz owners, are u happy ?

[andre tchmil]

dual 1ghz owners, are u happy ? [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

I'm ready to make the jump for a new( or old) 1 ghz.
any warnings, hints, thoughts .......
very welcome [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]

[Barnabas]

Mine works great with a HD2 system.

I've heard that the fans are loud in that model, but I can't tell since mine is in a Marathon rack, and doesn't have the original fan any more.

I'm hoping that OS-X and PT6 will unleash the power that's not being used right now.

[Jeff D.]

I have the pre-mirrored doors model & I'm using it with HD3 and love it. It has been my most stable Mac since the IIx!

I literally use it for days without rebooting using PT, Final Cut Pro 3, and Photoshop 6. I usually have a web browser and e-mail open in the background too ( I did have to turn off automatic e-mail retrieval though - if I got a big e-mail while working in another app bad things would happen).

I've got 3 IDE hard drives inside and a couple of Firewire hard drives hooked up externally. It is rack mounted inside a home-built Isorack, with internal temperatures typically running 84-86 degrees.

The mirrored drive door models are a lot louder than this one. As a one room studio I'm happy I have the quieter model.

Good luck,

Jeff D.

[Daniel_Dettwiler]

I have the mirrored doors and I can just agree to what the others already mentioned. (I run a HD 3 on it). The baby is more stable than my Mix+++ Rig on the 9600. You can place lots of Eide Drives internal, great for fast backups.

go for it

daniel

[rmo]

be aware of the noise the mdd makes!
i have mine in a rack with a glasdoor...and it's still louder than a vacuumcleaner.
this is very annoying...but...nevertheless..the machine's power is great....(unless u want to use it with a digi001...than u have to change the logicboard...but that's another story..)

[digiengineer]

Other than an annoying Type 2 error when booting Pro Tools 5.3.1 (known issue with "Classic" OS 9.2.2), the system is really stable. I've got 3 of them and I haven't had any crashes after Pro Tools gets started.

If you're going to get one, I suggest you purchase a seperate IDE to use as a dedicated OS 9 drive instead of partitioning the HD that comes with the computer.

As for the fan issue, some of the fans rev up to full blast every few minutes. Apple has a great firmware update if your computer does this.

Good Luck

[mrmxed]

It's not just that the fan noise is so loud, it is loud in a register that seems to cut through other background noise. Aside from that, it is a terrific machine.

The dual 1ghz machine runs my general office / internet duties. I put it in sleep mode when working in Protools - running on a single processor 733 G4. That works well too.

[mpayne]

So, just to clarify, with the Apple firmware update stopping the periodic fan bursts, is the resulting low-level fan noise still higher than on previous generation G4's? Significantly?

Malcolm

[andre tchmil]

ok, apart from the fan noise, is there any more reason why Ishould go for the older model, or do think I should opt for the new model ?

[digiengineer]

Originally posted by mpayne:
So, just to clarify, with the Apple firmware update stopping the periodic fan bursts, is the resulting low-level fan noise still higher than on previous generation G4's? Significantly?

Malcolm

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Yes to both questions.

ok, apart from the fan noise, is there any more reason why Ishould go for the older model, or do think I should opt for the new model ?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I don't think you have much of a choice. I tried to buy a brand new 933 a week after the Mirrors came out and was shut down at many outlets. Whan I did find the 933's, they were $100 more than the DP's. With PT 6 and Logic possibly supporting DP's in the future, I decided to buy 3 Dual 1GHz.